And if you will so far continue your favour as to write against it, I beg you to oblige me in accepting the following motto:- -Non tu, in triviis, indocte, solebas Stridenti miserum Stipula disperdere carmen?
"Life And Letters Of John Gay (1685-1732)"
Lewis Melville
A Stipula, or straw, is broken between the parties, signifying that a contract is made.
"Roman Women Woman: In All Ages and in All Countries, Volume 2 (of 10)"
Alfred Brittain